Duncan T. Mackey

Duncan Taylor Mackey (15 September 1826-15 March 1891) was a Colonel of Volunteers of the US Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
Duncan Taylor Mackey was born in Richmond, Indiana on 15 September 1826 to a Yankee family, and he worked as an accountant in the years preceding the start of the American Civil War. In 1861, he enlisted in the US Army at the start of the war, and he became the colonel of a volunteer regiment. Mackey led the regiment in the Army of the Cumberland during the Western Theater of the war, distinguishing himself at the Battle of Nashville in 1864. Mackey was mustered out of service after the war's end, and he returned to his job in Indiana. He died in 1891.